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Rachel Holliday Smith
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an oldie but a goodie:
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christie taylor@whatulysses.bsky.social |
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science journalist, podcast producer, bike rides et cetera. this is not a professional space.
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Rachel Holliday Smith
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
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an oldie but a goodie:
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
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Thinking about climate change
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Angie Wang
@okchickadee.bsky.social
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OMG.
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Dr. Lucky Tran
@luckytran.bsky.social
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Violet Affleck: "To confront the Long COVID crisis I demand mask availability, air filtration and far-UVC light in government facilities, including jails and detention centers and mask mandates in county medical facilities. And most importantly, the county must oppose mask bans for any reason." 🔥🔥🔥
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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become a science journalist they said, ask a total stranger why your anxiety makes you so sweaty they said.
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Mr. Am I Being Detained
@gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Shot, chaser
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Dr. SkySkull
@drskyskull.bsky.social
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A good reminder. I don't know if Biden's mental state is a serious cause for concern or not, but we're seeing *exactly* the same playbook that was used on Clinton, down to the "allies are concerned" articles. And Clinton is *still* doing fine.
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stacy-marie ishmael
@smi.bsky.social
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The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is running a campaign to go entirely *tuition free*. If you want US media that is made by more
people with different kinds of experiences and backgrounds and languages, here’s where you can put your money:
www.journalism.cuny.edu/give-to-the-...
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
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All you really need to know is it CAUSES IMMUNE AMNESIA. Imagine getting every single cold, infection vaccination all over again.
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Polls predicted a loss and the people said different. Important reminder.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Leaving the store where I get my sleepy little weed gummies, the guy at the door tells us to "be safe" and "have a good holiday." Me: "Whatever that means." Him: "Yeah..."
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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye
@sazeracla.bsky.social
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Y’all, Octavia’s Bookshelf in Pasadena needs our help. Please kick in if you can to keep this fantastic Black women-owned bookshop open!
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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"fandom" "teens" "nostalgia" "suburban ennui"
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Fuck it, I'm going for a bike ride.
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T. Greg Doucette
@gregdoucette.bsky.social
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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges"
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DaisyFM ✒︎🍉
@daisyfm.bsky.social
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Please remember this useful chart when rating things online. How movie ratings work: ★★★★★ - Great! ★★★★ - Good. ★★★ - Eh, Not Bad. ★★ - Mediocre. ★ - Garbage. How Uber/Lyft ratings work: ★★★★★ - Okay. ★★★★ - Fire this person. ★★★ - Fire this person. ★★ - Fire this person. ★ - Fire this person.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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normal day
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Dr. Lucky Tran
@luckytran.bsky.social
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In response to Governor Hochul's and Mayor Adams's push to ban masks, NYC Dyke March has updated its policies to require masks.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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I have read a few reviews of "I Saw The TV Glow" and so far none has talked about how obviously neurodivergent-coded it is, on top of being super trans, super queer, and super guaranteed to make you cry.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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"the bone scaffold was too similar to the skin face in some ways" love my job.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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It drives me absolutely wild that primaries haven't become more culturally important in a city where might-as-well-be-Republicans just run as Democrats.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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It drives me absolutely wild that primaries haven't become more culturally important in a city where might-as-well-be-Republicans just run as Democrats.
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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com
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Honestly if money were made unnecessary to live we would almost certainly be getting more art out of people, not less, let's make money superfluous to existence and find out
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
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"Currently, though 14 percent of the city’s land is parks or green spaces, only around 0.6 percent of the city’s budget goes to the Parks Department. For context, the city dedicated 1.3 percent of its budget to the department in the 1970s during a fiscal crisis, "
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Julia Angwin
@juliaangwin.com
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We tested AI voice cloning services to see how easy it was to clone a voice without the owner’s consent.
Results: 7 cloning services offer barely any technical barriers. Only one service - Respeecher - attempts to verify consent.
From @janus.bsky.social for @proofnews.bsky.social:
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Look, sometimes you spend your entire therapy session talking about a movie.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Sometimes you spend your Saturday afternoon yelling back and forth about diet culture, I don't make the rules.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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One thing I appreciate about my relationship with my mom is that when we do phone calls, sometimes we just end up yelling in agreement about the things we both hate.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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what a very Wisconsin Republican playbook.
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir)
@nora.zone
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you are constantly surveilled. there are no third places for you to hang out in: you are likely restricted from malls, hours are cut at libraries, cops are fucking everywhere and they hate you.
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir)
@nora.zone
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if you're a kid in the US you have seen the adult world fully abandon your interests in health and safety in every way, from refusing to install air filters in classrooms to refusing to address climate change.
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Courtney Milan
@courtneymilan.com
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I was just thinking about this because we live in a world where nobody has to have HIV in the future and we can regrow teeth and have tons of renewable energy and could really transform into a post-scarcity society, but "maybe we can take care of people" is still the most left of left positions.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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happy Friday, I snuck an "abortions for some, tiny American flags for others" reference into a professional podcast.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Rude that the summer solstice, unlike the winter one, does not actually herald anything getting better, since heat lags the way it does.
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Ed Zitron
@zitron.bsky.social
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Hey, so suddenly a lot of people I know have COVID! Maybe keep that in mind if your caution is conditional on the information you receive!
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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This is excellent promo.
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Emily Lakdawalla
@elakdawalla.bsky.social
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Every academic article has a corresponding author whose email address is listed on the first page. If an article is paywalled, just send a short, polite email requesting a PDF from the author. 95% of the time you’ll receive it within a day. People like knowing their work is being read!
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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The fourth circle of hell is podcast ads for AI-voiced podcast ad campaigns.
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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Author/Illustrator
@kellyamangan.bsky.social
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Does anyone else get the feeling that this focus by AI techbros on books, film, & art is actually a white male backlash to increasingly diverse storytelling in our culture? Cause I do.
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Ars Technica
@arstechnica.com
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The officer in question made frequent use of Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for personal reasons, often employing the tech to track down social media users not linked to any crimes
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Kelly Barnhill
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social
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A while back, the NYT ran my essay about my healing journey from a TBI. To do it at all, I had to completely change how I write in order to navigate my neural injury - one sentence at a time on note cards, spread out on the floor. The art department took those images and made something beautiful.
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Rachel Holliday Smith
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
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because of Hochul vaporizing congestion pricing, the MTA now has a legal escape hatch on the federal agreement it made two tears ago to make the subways fully accessible
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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Imagine watching a non-New Yorker learn about DUMBO for the first time. It's joyful.
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Hypervisible
@hypervisible.bsky.social
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Put this whole paragraph on repeat.
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Sarah Tuttle
@niais.bsky.social
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ugh, this is so unethical.
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christie taylor
@whatulysses.bsky.social
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At the age where I'm sending texts like, "Mazel tov!" but they're about friends' colonoscopies.
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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there it is.
"The congestion tax is not only a burden on police officers and other essential commuters — it’s bad for public safety,” said Patrick Hendry, president of the city’s police union, in the first of the two releases. nysfocus.com/2024/06/07/h...
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Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
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Prepping for a quick episode on the latest congestion pricing news and this bit from Governor Hochul's announcement is enraging. 99% of the people Hochul is talking about here — "teachers, first responders, small business workers, bodega owners — DO NOT DRIVE INTO MANHATTAN.
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